Dr. Dre not dropping an album in 95 is criminal. That was his peak

[African Peasant]

I don't really see how this was Dre's peak or that him dropping a hypothetical album in 1995 would be better than either Chronic album. He dropped an album in 1996 with music he possibly created in 1995. Even if we count what he contributed to to AEOM, the best songs went to Pac and "Keep Their Ears Ringin" is the other classic.

1995 was a pretty stacked year and while it would've been interesting to see how a Dre album fit with the sound of that time, there was so much and so many contrasting sounds that it probably would've been as lost in the mix as Aftermath was.

That compilation was wack and way inferior to everything he and Sam Sneed did in 94/95.

 

[Reality Check]

That compilation was wack and way inferior to everything he and Sam Sneed did in 94/95.

People don't remember, but that album was considered a flop when it came out and coupled with The Firm flopping, and King T being shelved, he was treading water at best and really wasn't doing shyt until he signed Eminem. From a business standpoint, that along with going back to gangsta rap after saying gangsta rap was dead is what revitalized his career.

 

[JustCKing]

That compilation was wack and way inferior to everything he and Sam Sneed did in 94/95.

So what makes you think a 1995 album wouldn't have suffered the same fate. Surely, some of those songs that made that compilation was music he'd been working on prior to 1996.

 

[African Peasant]

So what makes you think a 1995 album wouldn't have suffered the same fate. Surely, some of those songs that made that compilation was music he'd been working on prior to 1996.

Because he was on DR, DR had the juice, he had a better team and the music was better

 

[JustCKing]

People don't remember, but that album was considered a flop when it came out and coupled with The Firm flopping, and King T being shelved, he was treading water at best and really wasn't doing shyt until he signed Eminem. From a business standpoint, that along with going back to gangsta rap after saying gangsta rap was dead is what revitalized his career.

People do remember. This is still a rewrite though because Dre was still releasing music. It just wasn't hittin'. What's not being considered is the amount changes that occurred musically from 1995 through 2000. It was drastic. In 1994, G Funk was still hot. 1995 saw a shift. 1996 was a huge shift. 1997 was an even bigger shift and 1998 the sound shifted again.

When 2001 came out, it was culmination of the introduction of Eminem, the reunion of Dre and Snoop, but more importantly, this was a brand new sound. It was this orchestral, futuristic West Coast sound that everybody hopped on. "Keep Their Ears Ringin" is classic, but it didn't shake up things sonically. Its typical Death Row Dre. Same with "California Love".

 

[JustCKing]

Because he was on DR, DR had the juice, he had a better team and the music was better

This still doesn't make the waves you're claiming it would. "Keep Their Ears Ringin" is classic and was a big record, but it wasn't anything like Chronic. It was another classic song in a year that was stacked with classic songs.

 

[African Peasant]

This still doesn't make the waves you're claiming it would. "Keep Their Ears Ringin" is classic and was a big record, but it wasn't anything like Chronic. It was another classic song in a year that was stacked with classic songs.

Anyway, I don't care about 'wave' or 'success'. It's not like I'm getting a check from the sales

My point is that it would've been a GOAT album.

 

[JustCKing]

Anyway, I don't care about 'wave' or 'success'. It's not like I'm getting a check from the sales

My point is that it would've been a GOAT album.

Where did I mention sales?

Put up a hypothetical tracklist of what would've been on it.

 

[Boonapalist]

So what makes you think a 1995 album wouldn't have suffered the same fate. Surely, some of those songs that made that compilation was music he'd been working on prior to 1996.

I mean most of that compilation wasn’t even produced by him. Almost all the songs he was credited on were pretty good.

 

[African Peasant]

Where did I mention sales?

Put up a hypothetical tracklist of what would've been on it.

How could I put up a tracklist when Dre did not work on it and that's the point of the thread?

You want me to invent songs?

 

[JustCKing]

How could I put up a tracklist when Dre did not work on it and that's the point of the thread?

You want me to invent songs?

I'm talking about songs from that era. Otherwise you're basically foing exactly that: hyping up an album and music that doesn't exist.

 

[Awesome Wells]

How could I put up a tracklist when Dre did not work on it and that's the point of the thread?

You want me to invent songs?

People on here crazy as a MF.

But yeah, Dre had a lot of heat in the stash in '95. Cube was on MTV News and said when he hit Dre for the Friday soundtrack, Dre was playing him mad music he was working on at the time, and Cube said it was some next level sh*t and that it had him charged up to do the Helter Skelter album with Dre. He said they started working on the concepts in like '93, but they were both too busy to focus on it back then.

I think Dre got distracted with all the Death Row issues though. And his escape plan kinda got in the way of a lot of the work he was saying he wanted to put out, at that time.

 

[raoulduke187]

used to stan Dre as a kid

then I found out dude's a diva

I literally don't even enjoy his classic shyt anymore knowing what kind of fake ass fukk nikka he is

 

[Reality Check]

People on here crazy as a MF.

But yeah, Dre had a lot of heat in the stash in '95. Cube was on MTV News and said when he hit Dre for the Friday soundtrack, Dre was playing him mad music he was working on at the time, and Cube said it was some next level sh*t and that it had him charged up to do the Helter Skelter album with Dre. He said they started working on the concepts in like '93, but they were both too busy to focus on it back then.

I think Dre got distracted with all the Death Row issues though. And his escape plan kinda got in the way of a lot of the work he was saying he wanted to put out, at that time.

DOC also took most of that material with him when he left Death Row and used some of it on his album that dropped in 94.